After my first attempt to set up Samba in Ubuntu-mate 15.04 would not let me open displayed folders through the network on my own computer (i.e. I could see the folders through Caja's network browser, ...

I am trying to get some files onto my virtualBox. I have run into an issue. I tried "dragging and dropping" a folder with many subfolders to my machine, and now all of the files are not organized in ...

I need transfer around 125 gb from my laptop(Ubuntu 15.04) to another one(Windows 8.1), but I don't have a removable hard disk. I have a UTP cable , but I dont know how transfer this files across the ...

I have a linux and a windows 7 machine connected via samba. My linux machine is able to gain access to the folders on the windows 7 machine via the browse network tab in file manager but the windows 7 ...

I have a home server/media center using Ubuntu 14.04, and I need to manage files on it from my Windows 7 machine (same LAN). At the moment I am using TeamViewer, but it's not really what I want, and I ...

I have a problem with a samba service on my server. It's began since ubuntu have switched to samba 4.x in their distributions and continues til last one 15.04.
I have a user ag on my server and user ...

I want to transfer files (in both directions) between my computer ("comp1") and a remote computer ("comp2"). In order to connect, I need to pass two servers along the way ("server1" and "server2") via ...

In my ubuntu 14.04 I installed the (FTPD) ftp server. I would like to create one user for that and set nologin to that user. When logging on using an FTP client, I want that particular user to be able ...

I'm really new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I know this has been asked a million times but I'm trying to get a Samba share to work and I've been reading all kinds of threads but I just can't get it ...

I know, there are a lot of articles about my request but everyone is different and I am getting confused.
My question:
I’ve installed a samba server (14.04- 64 bit), the server has 1 2TB hard drive ...

I tried searching for this but I'm coming up short. Maybe my wording is wrong.
I have my Ubuntu machine showing on my LAN - and I can see it from the Finder Window in OSX - but it won't connect when ...

I was thinking if it is possible to make an script to send to a friend to fix some problems on his computer. I want to give executable permissions to a file so my friend just have to double-click in ...

I have a Sony Handycam device with Built in Wifi and NFC. And I want to connect it to my computer without using the USB cable. And so I would like to use the default NFC or WiFi feature in my camera.
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I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS alongside my W7 drive so they're on separate partitions (I let it do the paritioning automatically from the disc). On the launcher in Ubuntu it created a shortcut ...

Someone has left their hard drive at mine and it's a windows one (NTFS). They want to be able to access their files remotely, what's an easy way to do this? (Also, could you explain it to me like I'm ...

I've set up an Ubuntu 14.04 server, using Samba to share files to our Windows clients.
Everything appears to be working correctly, but while checking my auth logs, I see the line 'session closed for ...

I have couple machines in different locations. Some machines have ubuntu 14.04 (x64) and others have windows. Usually I am connecting remote machine via RDP and copy the files by sending it some mails ...

It used to work but now I get a "connection refused" error. It's not server's fault because my android device can sync without a problem. I also get system error reports concerning wpa_supplicant. I ...

I have a windows 7 pro machine (KC-Laptop1) running a bridged network between the wireless corp.local and my wired KC_Computers_LLC.lan and I have my ubuntu 12.04 server (KC-Server1) running on the ...

I recently installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 8 on my HP Envy 15. When I go to my File Manager, it shows all the other partitions as removable devices that can be unmounted in the 'Devices' ...

I'm trying to restart my ubuntu file server but it gives me the message: "Unable to resolve host my_fileserver".
This was after a power outage. And I'm extremely new at Linux so please bear with me.
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I have a Samba share server running Ubuntu. After upgrading to 14.04, I had Samba upgraded from 3 to 4. Since then, I can't get group write permission on my newly created directory or files.
What was ...

I'm trying to use smbtree to view samba shares on my local network. Several of those shares are hosted on my own server, which I am running all these commands on. I know the shares exist because I can ...

I have two Ubuntu computers on a home network, let's call them A and B. A runs Samba server and on B I use FreeFileSync to sync files between the two computers wirelessly. The problem is that every ...

I'm trying to configure a file sharing server using Ubuntu server (with samba). I want the shared files to be saved on an external hard drive (2TB) because the space on the desktop's (which is a new ...